The CEO of the Indian business stated that they would pay for the girl’s education all the way through her graduation.
The workshop in Bihar
IAS officer Harjot Kaur Bhamra in charge of the women’s development programme in Bihar attended a workshop that was put on in association with UNICEF.
In the end, the Bihar girl had asked the IAS officer if it could give them sanitary napkins in cheaper amounts, and many people praised her for it.
However, the IAS Bhamra appeared upset by the question and questioned whether the demands would ever stop. Apparently , the Bihar girl asked if the government could provide sanitary napkins at a cost of $20 to $30. The top official retorted by saying, “Today you’re asking for sanitary, tomorrow you’ll need jeans, then good shoes, when the subject of family planning comes, you’ll ask for condoms too.
Who is Harjot Kaur Bhamra?
Harjot Kaur Bamhrah is a 1992 batch IAS officer who is currently the Managing Director of the Government of Bihar’s Bihar Women and Child Development Corporation. She has also served as the Principal Secretary of the Mines and Geology Department.
Ms. Harjot Kaur Bamhrah, being a top administrator in the women and child welfare ministry and the state’s Women and Child Development Corporation, appeared irritated by the schoolgirl’s inquiries.
An Indian manufacturing company
A day after that comment made headlines, the Bihar girl has been offered a year’s supply by an Indian manufacturing company.
Hariom Tyagi, the CEO
According to Hariom Tyagi, the CEO of Wet and Dry Personal Care, a company with its headquarters in Delhi, is “rewarding” a young girl for her boldness in raising the issue of easy access to menstrual hygiene methods for poor girls and women living in slums, as has been reported by HT.
He went on to say that the company had made the decision to pay for the girl’s education up until she graduated. He also added saying that “If in the future, she wants any other help or support and we feel that this is an area where we can contribute to making her quality of life better, then we will do it”
“People should move to Pakistan”
The officer referred to the girl’s statement that people’s votes determine who governs as the “height of stupidity” and added that such people should move to Pakistan.
Huge outrage on Social Media
The incident sparked widespread outrage on social media, with BJP official Amrita Rathod attacking the new JD(U)-RJD administration of CM Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav on Twitter. “Meet an IAS officer of the Nitish-Tejashwi government who asks a student to go to Pakistan for having sought sanitary pads,” Rathod wrote on the microblogging website while posting a clip of the incident.
The IAS officer’s response
Bhamra apologised for her remarks on Thursday, claiming that she never intended to “humiliate anyone or hurt anyone’s feelings.”
The workshop was organised to raise awareness among “adolescent girls about the government provisions for them,” the 1992 batch IAS officer continued.
“We wanted to inspire them to develop the independence and self-assurance necessary to make their own decisions about their lives and careers. In a statement, Bhamra emphasised that her “intentions were not flawed” and said, “It was during this discussion that I asked girls to stop asking for things for free.
However, the IAS officer did not offer an explanation for her comments about Pakistan and the “condom” remarks.
The National Commission for Women (NCW)
The National Commission for Women (NCW) became aware of the incident, took note of it on Thursday, and requested an explanation from the IAS official.
In the meantime, Kumar announced that he has requested an investigation into the situation after reading about it in the newspapers.
The IAS Officer’s three-page letter
Harjot Kaur Bhamra stated in a three-page explanation letter, “The goal of this workshop was to empower the girls so that they can march ahead independently in their life without having to receive any support from the government, the family, or society.” The participants notified us about the gaps in various schools, and the education department is working to address them. The media portrayed a portion of what I said during our debate as an inflammatory statement in a number of news pieces.”
